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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,907
    black paint would explain the price.
    In the (earlier) days of CRTs, the grey material visible on most of the tube was a graphite-laden paint called Aquadag. I googled to check the spelling and I guess it is still a thing.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquadag
    More of a silvery-grey than black, though.
    :|

    I learned about this stuff, and lots of other CRT ephemera, from my father. Indeed, he, named Raymond, chose as his CB handle Cathode Ray. What a cut-up he was. :|
  • mrbigbluelight
    mrbigbluelight Posts: 9,790
    "Aquadag"

    That's what a Pikey calls his Golden Retriever.
    🤗

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  • txcoastal1
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,907
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    my brain just divided by zero. :#
  • billbillw
    billbillw Posts: 6,815
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    There is a whole Reddit subpage for that poorly worded question.

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  • mrbigbluelight
    mrbigbluelight Posts: 9,790
    billbillw wrote: »
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    There is a whole Reddit subpage for that poorly worded question.

    Yes, that:s just what the Germans want you to believe 🤔

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  • jdjohn
    jdjohn Posts: 3,161
    There appears to be another 10% of undecided?
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  • mrbigbluelight
    mrbigbluelight Posts: 9,790
    jdjohn wrote: »
    There appears to be another 10% of undecided?

    Oh, it's not that they were undecided, it's because they displayed non-çompliant attitudes that did not conform to the approved narrative 🤔
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  • Jetmaker737
    Jetmaker737 Posts: 1,049
    jdjohn wrote: »
    There appears to be another 10% of undecided?

    10% got the correct answer which is 2. 90% failed algebra.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,907
    jdjohn wrote: »
    There appears to be another 10% of undecided?

    10% got the correct answer which is 2. 90% failed algebra.

    uffda!
    I didn't fail algebra, but I got a needs improvement in reading comprehension!
    ;):#:blush:
  • billbillw
    billbillw Posts: 6,815
    edited October 16
    It is not a simple algebra problem as some suggest. That only works if you ASSUME that Cost=Price. If not, then you have P = price and C = cost, then C = $1 + P/2. Not so simple.



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  • mrbigbluelight
    mrbigbluelight Posts: 9,790
    billbillw wrote: »
    It is not a simple algebra problem as some suggest. That only works if you ASSUME that Cost=Price. If not, then you have P = price and C = cost, then C = $1 + P/2. Not so simple.



    Billbill, we're not using Canadian math here, please stick with the pure mathematicals.
    Sal Palooza
  • billbillw
    billbillw Posts: 6,815
    billbillw wrote: »
    It is not a simple algebra problem as some suggest. That only works if you ASSUME that Cost=Price. If not, then you have P = price and C = cost, then C = $1 + P/2. Not so simple.



    Billbill, we're not using Canadian math here, please stick with the pure mathematicals.
    Be careful there...we have some fine Canadian forum members here who might argue that the American math is to blame, what with all the Common Core hubbub from some years past.
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  • BlueBirdMusic
    BlueBirdMusic Posts: 2,318
    ^^^^ Is he about to jump? :#
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  • mrbigbluelight
    mrbigbluelight Posts: 9,790
    I bet his name is Floyd. 🤔
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  • bcwsrt
    bcwsrt Posts: 1,924
    Maybe just admiring his work?

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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,747
    From out in the field today


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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,907
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    Gonna be the splash graphic in the next Harbor Freight sales flyer/email!
  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 11,044
    VR3 wrote: »
    From out in the field today


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    Oreo piping... It's a new trend, look it up.
  • motorstereo
    motorstereo Posts: 2,145
    VR3 wrote: »
    From out in the field today


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    In some municipalities double trap systems are code to keep the sewer monsters where they belong.
  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 25,572
    IF your plumbing is vented correctly then a double trap is not needed. Some older houses were not vented at all.
  • newbie308
    newbie308 Posts: 770
    Maybe it was Sunday at 7pm and that was the only fittings on hand to make it work... I'm curious how they managed to seal the two upper halves of the white S trap together, and the one that is upside down will certainly leak where it joins the black trap. It's certainly not racist plumbing, at least.
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,747
    you can rest assured that it did in fact leak in multiple places :-p
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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,306
    The “S” trap is prohibited under the Uniform Plumbing Code throughout the United States. This is because the “S” trap will siphon or suck water out from the trap which will end up releasing methane (sewer) gases into the home.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,907
    Willow wrote: »
    VR3 wrote: »
    From out in the field today

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    Oreo piping... It's a new trend, look it up.
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  • motorstereo
    motorstereo Posts: 2,145
    txcoastal1 wrote: »
    The “S” trap is prohibited under the Uniform Plumbing Code throughout the United States. This is because the “S” trap will siphon or suck water out from the trap which will end up releasing methane (sewer) gases into the home.

    Until the code was revised a few years later due to the resurgence of the sewer monsters. FWIW I preferred the outdated double trap to the filter system which sometimes doesn't stop the more agile ones.
  • CGTIII
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    Wonder which knot was used in the straps?
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,146
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